COOL, CALM APRIL

camellia 'april dawn' was frost burned this spring

but still put on quite a show...

magnolia 'leonard messel' had its most floriferous year...

i don't take photos of it because the neighbor's house behind it is the wrong blue...

various daffs from the garden...

magnolia 'ruby' on the left, still showing storm damage from 2  years ago, cherry on the right...

ruby has spectacular large flowers...

the potager... gearing up... camellia on the left, dwarf peach on the far left... i'm about to move the dwarf alberta spruces into the pots (the larger spruces went to good families...) i'm going to put tomatoes in the center this year.

dwarf peach...

survivor! a lone tulip has escaped the hungry deer...

colton before his spring shearing...

colton & luna after colton's shearing...

a buckeye from my brother... who sent me bunches of plants this spring! thanks, bro!

orange clivia my sister gave me, with yellow clivia my brother gave me & orange star my mother gave me in the background...

MARCH MADNESS

whippet thinks i'm crazy

but it's that time of year... the time my back hates the most... before...

and after...

still so much to do... here's this year's pansy

trying out the new macro... hub's car was behind this shot, hence the  yellow...

pieris is so reliable...

viburnum blooming now....

the first daffs...

orange star plant my mother brought today for easter...

we finally caged the woodland garden, hostas will stay in...

SUGAR FROSTED GARDEN

colder than normal this march... snow-frosted dwarf iris...

lichen on bench

hammamelis "diane" still glowing strong...

whippet egg...

poodle walking on the walls (taken by my daughter)...

MARCH BLOOMS IN SNOW

haven't seen these species crocus blooming in the snow... maybe because usually the deer eat them...

witch hazel 'diane' against the intense sky today

potager sleeps under its blanket

colton went to the groomer today...

what does the crazy human want?

i'm fluffy...

luna is not impressed...

NEMO: 13.5" UNDER THE SNOW

across the street before the plows

colton posing, warm in his coat

cute and blurry

working together

harry lauder walking stick

south fence line view

neighbors working together

shrouded tree

the potager

luna supervises from the window... snow ziggurat in the making... snow is too fluffy, we'll work on it again later...

LUNA INJURED, BUT OK

yesterday, luna, going full speed, was cut off by colton, hit a muddy spot and partly skinned her foreleg on a tree stump. she's none too happy... 

 i didn't do it on purpose...

sorry....